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3 years ago

🛠️ Creating a symlink in macOS to store the Sims 4 folder on an external drive

➡️ This is not to be confused with installing the actual Sims 4 game on an external drive. The game installation location is determined in EA App and there is no need to use a symlink for this. As ...

1 year ago

Hello! So the first part of creating the link worked for me as well, but the second step is not working. I copied and pasted it directly and I have done this in the past with success so I’m not sure why it’s not working now

Bluebellflora

Hero+

1 year ago

@klivi126

Why did you decide to add the remove command `rm` to the symlink command?

Please post the following screenshots. Instructions here on how to take proper screenshots and not blurry phone ones - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/102646 Make sure you have the path bar enabled in Finder https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/mac-help/mchlp1774/mac

1. Screenshot of the Documents folder
2. Screenshot of the external drive

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